Regulations 2014

L.N. 76 of 2014

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 343)

Data concerning Persons in Educational Institutions

Regulations 2014

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54(1) of the

Employment and Training Services Act, hereinafter referred to as

"the Act", the Minister for Education and Employment has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Data concerning Citation.

Persons in Educational Institutions Regulations, 2014.

In these regulations unless the context determines Interpretation.

otherwise requires

"educational institutions" means any childcare, school or other

institution or entity offering education, whether at a pre-primary,

primary, secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level and also includes

further and higher educational institutions and institutions offering

formal and non-formal learning and vocational education;

"a legally valid identification document number" means the

identifying number contained in a legally valid identification

document as provided in the Identity Card and other Identity Cap. 258.

Documents Act;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Education and

Employment.

These regulations shall apply to the transfer of data of Application.

persons attending educational institutions to the Minister.

(1)

The Minister may from time to time require any Obligation of

educational institution to furnish in such manner as may be requested educational

institutions.

and within a reasonable time such data as the Minister may require

with respect to students attending such educational institutions.

(2) This data shall include a legally valid identification

document number due to the importance of secure identification of

students.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of

subarticle (1), the data which may be required shall include data

relating to age, sex, ability, educational attainments and other data of

the persons to whom they relate as appear to the Minister to be

necessary to be used for research purposes and to provide for

adequate advice to be given on employment prospects and to prepare

plans for their training pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

(4) Any person who fails to comply with any request made

under this article shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

The Minister may from time to time require the

Employment and Training Corporation to provide any data, including

a legally valid identification document number, he may require in

relation to persons listed on the Register of persons seeking

employment as established by article 11 of the Act and any other

information it may have about any other person.

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